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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1962
Page
3
Leonard Mathews, a lifelong Bosque County resident from near Mosheim now in Lanes Chapel, campaigns for County Commissioner Precinct 4. He cites fourteen years on county roads and promises to use tax dollars wisely. Election day is May 5 with a personal plea to voters.
Wilma Amundson valedictorian with 91.8 average and Marvin Patterson salutatorian with 88.9 lead Cranfills Gap High School 1962 senior class. Amundson lauded for athletics FHA leadership class offices and Miss Gap High honors. Patterson noted for FFA Lone Star Farmer degree football captain track and class leadership roles.
Mrs. W. B. Oswald from this city joined Mrs. J. M. Garrett and Mrs. Milton Sonnenburg of Waco to Oklahoma City on April 23 for the Regional Christian Growth Institute of the Lutheran Women's Missionary League at Messiah Lutheran Church. Seventy-five attendees from Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas heard ministers Alvin Rubin, Willard Stark, and Erwin Pieplow discuss spiritual life, evangelism, and training kingdom workers. The group returned April 26 noting the two day meeting a success.
Phil Willis a 43 year old Democrat from Kaufman and Dallas wins broad backing for the new Congressman at Large post after endorsements from El Paso supporters. He cites a liberal humane stance and conservative spending while highlighting his wartime decorations and Texas legislative record.
Bosque County 4-H entries join the Junior Leadership Training Laboratory Award Program with six leaders from Clifton Meridian and Crawford areas to be judged in District 8 on May 3. Winners advance to Lake Brownwood camp August 12 18 and a State Fair honor awaits one boy and one girl from each district. A separate 4-H Adult Leaders Workshop May 9 11 at Mt Wesley Kerrville trains nine leaders and two county agents.
Gerald Rice of this city recounts reviving his Chihuahua after it was struck by a car last Saturday. He massaged what he believed to be the heart, pressed with a handkerchief for artificial respiration, and the dog revived and ran about. Rice notes the dog seems to have a head injury but bears no mark. For sale line about scratch pads from Clifton Record.
Mrs Emma Rieger of Coupland visited the Odell Jantzens in Austin and underwent an eye operation by Dr Henry Helgardner at St David's Hospital. After, she stayed with her great niece Mrs Jimmy Brown in Austin through Easter, then traveled to Giddings with Odell Jantzen. Odell Jantzen, now truck driver for the Austin Fire Department, was recently promoted. Bill Bryan of Valley Mills had eye surgery at Clifton Hospital on April 26 and remained a patient midweek.
An advertising blurb promotes Skintch Itch Not as a quick drying remedy for itching from eczema insect bites and surface rashes. It claims rapid relief and antiseptic action with a 48 cent money back offer at Service Drug Store today.
J. E. Ward argues experience from his first term qualifies him for a second full term. He supports revising the sales tax, improving education, reforming auto insurance rates, and stricter economies in state government. Ward asks for votes in the Democratic Primary on May 5.
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